My Vishuddha feels threatened by Svadisthana.

One of my students last week was curious about the chakras. She said something about the masculine and feminine sides of certain centers and that was completely new to me. I adore the chakras. It allows us to think of something so spiritual in a very physical way. And even though that student didn't come to class as we played with the first 3 chakras - muladhara, svadhisthana and manipura, it was well needed by those that did show.


I tend to get bored with my teaching practice, so I change it up lots. I noticed a few weeks ago that Yoga Today did a podcast on chakras so I downloaded it yesterday and practiced a bit in my tiny kitchen. The kundalini component of the class got me all light headed. So in class today, I gave the option with some poses to go slower with ujayii breath rather than full steam with the Kundalini breath of fire. 


But after class one of my regular students said that her throat bothered her. Gosh, we worked with the root, sacral center and solar plexus. We didn't get close to the upper body. But I realized that during the practice, my voice was weak. It cracked in places and I lacked air when speaking. Both my student and I were probably dealing with similar things.


I took one of those online tests around the chakras. And here are the crazy results:

Root: under-active (-38%) Sacral: under-active (-6%) Navel: open (31%) Heart: open (19%) Throat: over-active (81%) Third Eye: open (38%) Crown: open (25%)

So, as we spent so much time working on our root and sacral, my throat - or center for communication - felt threatened. I do find that I either talk lots or not at all. I have not found that happy medium. But either way, I did feel a huge opening in my first 2 centers. When I mentioned my theory to my student, it felt like it hit home.


I have been very aware of my breathing and internal energy today and I need to continue to do so. There's a lot of great movement - and I believe very necessary movement.


I am going to shut up and let it take it's course.